engage

IPA: ɛngˈeɪdʒ

verb

  • To interact socially.
  • (transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
  • (transitive, intransitive) To draw into conversation.
  • To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
  • To interact antagonistically.
  • (transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
  • (intransitive) To enter into battle.
  • To interact contractually.
  • (transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
  • (intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).
  • (transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).
  • (obsolete, transitive) To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).
  • To interact mechanically.
  • To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
  • (engineering, transitive) To come into gear with.
  • (intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
  • (transitive, obsolete) To entangle.
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Examples of "engage" in Sentences

  • The man is engaged to the lady.
  • He engaged in the mercantile business.
  • The opposite of engagement is disaffection.
  • The casualties of the engagement are unknown.
  • Engage in the discussion and address the arguments.
  • Engagement of the overrunning clutch is controllable.
  • However, can one engage in tenebrism without engaging in chiaroscuro
  • That is, one can engage the use of chiaroscuro without engaging in tenebrism.

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